Abstract
AbstractWe study the cluster emission properties of $$^{224}$$
224
Ra and $$^{238}$$
238
Pu employing the Barcelona-Catania-Paris-Madrid (BCPM) energy density functional (EDF). Starting from two-dimensional potential energy surfaces, coexisting fission paths are identified. A fission valley located at large octupole deformations, corresponding to a highly-asymmetric mass distribution, is found in both nuclei. As the corresponding fragments are dominated by the presence of $$^{208}$$
208
Pb, we can relate this fission path to the emergence of cluster emission. Using the octupole moment as collective degree of freedom, we compute the cluster decay half-lives and study the impact of collective inertias, pairing strength and collective zero-point energy. The agreement with experimental data resembles the results obtained for spontaneous fission half-lives, indicating the capability of BCPM to consistently describe a large variety of fission phenomena, including cluster emission.
Funder
Agencia Estatal de Investigación
Publisher
Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Subject
Nuclear and High Energy Physics
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